À Rome, le général Marcus Vinicius rencontre Lygia, une esclave, dont il tombe amoureux. Mais elle est chrétienne et ne veut rien avoir à faire avec un homme de guerre. Marcus la rachète pourtant à l'empereur Néron, mais elle s'échappe avec l'aide d'un ami. En la retrouvant, Marcus va apprendre à connaître les Chrétiens..
Drama about love and intrigues in ancient Rome during the times of Nero..
Marcus Vinicius rencontre Lygia à Rome et en tombe amoureux. Mais Ligia est chrétienne et ne veut rien avoir à faire avec lui. Il décide de la kidnapper mais Ursus, son garde du corps l'en empêche. Lygia, l'apprenant, tombe à son tour sous le charme de Marcus mais celui-ci doit voir Néron. Après leur entretien, Marcus rentre chez. Mais il apprend que Néron est en train de brûler Rome et décide d'y retourner et de sauver Lygia..
Set in Bologna, it is a noir from the deep and tense tones. Protagonist is Giorgia Cantini, a private investigator forty years, apparently sullen, rebellious and instinctive..
Srebrenica, juillet 1995. Modeste professeure d'anglais, Aida vient d'être réquisitionnée comme interprète auprès des Casques Bleus, stationnés aux abords de la ville. Leur camp est débordé : les habitants viennent y chercher refuge par milliers, terrorisés par l'arrivée imminente de l'armée serbe. Chargée de traduire les consignes et rassurer la foule, Aida est bientôt gagnée par la certitude que le pire est inévitable. Elle décide alors de tout tenter pour sauver son mari et ses deux fils, coincés derrière les grilles du camp..
A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier..
During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's protector, the noble and burly Ursus, works to save her from Vinicius' clutches. Pursuing Lygia, Vinicius finds himself at a catacomb prayer meeting led by the apostle Peter and finds his conscience stirring-- just as Nero orders Rome burned. A landmark in epic film, Enrico Guazzoni’s grand-scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what colossal Italian spectacles would become. The film had tremendous influence on Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914) and D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916)..
"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- Re-created for your entertainment in the most colossal drama produced", reads an ad in the Daily Argus of New York. Unione Cinematografica Italiana's lavish production of the oft-told tale stars Emil Jannings as Nero..
Zivorad, unassuming young man from the village, is 'pushed' from his uncle to high positions, becoming a police inspector who is looking for hashish, a scientist, a man who rises agriculture land and whatnot....
Watch the Apostles and other followers like Saul preach the gospel and spread the message of love and hope in this high quality entertaining animated feature for your kids and family..
A man decides to kill himself. His life flashes before his eyes..
The making of Quo Vadis (1951)..
Live album by Canadian melodic death metal band Quo Vadis..
A portrait of a Chinese-Canadian woman. Mrs. Lumb talks candidly about the prejudice she felt during her childhood in Vancouver, her arranged marriage, her occupation, raising children, and intermarriage..
A post millennial journey to Italy before the coronavirus outbreak. While encountering various faces of the contemporary Italian decline, the trip turns into an existential experience arising doubts within a group of ambitious filmmakers, moved by the nostalgia of the humble life that they abandoned to follow their dreams..
